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In Spanish we actually call them “cebolla morada” that means purple onion :D
I’m bilingual and I always forget which language calls it which, so I get confused looks from everyone.
JAJAJJAJAJAJJA yep it has happened to me
There’s a joke in Bulgarian somewhat related to that. What’s commonly referred to as a prune plum we call something that roughly translates to “blue plum”. The joke goes something like this:
– Dad, what’s this?
– It’s a blue plum.
– Why is it red?
– Because it’s green.
Language is weird, but it’s ironic that our use of it makes it so.
I’m crying
why do we call green grapes white
Who calls green grapes white…?
Never heard that happen
Never heard about green grapes. Here in Germany they are called “white grapes” and EN-Wikipedia is also calling them that in english. We are also talking it “white wine” and so on.
two examples: white wine, white grape juice. both are very common. seems to refer to the juice color, not the color of the grape skins.
when they’re made into raisins, they’re called golden raisins. so “white” isn’t even the only one.
Might be different in other languages, but English usually divides grapes into red and white for color.
In English, grapes are green or red.
Wine is not a grape. White wine and red wine refers to the color of the wine. Nobody calls vodka golden because it came from a potato.
Which part of the world are you from? I’m in Canada, and we call them green grapes and red grapes
https://www.safeway.com/shop/aisles/fruits-vegetables/fresh-fruits/grapes.html?sort=&page=1&loc=3132
Meanwhile Wikipedia notes ‘“Black” (dark blue) and “white” (light green) table grapes’
US. When I go to my local grocery store, they’re categorized under white or red.
At least for white, that is indeed how the English Wikipedia classifies different grape cultivars, even ones that aren’t intended to make wine. Black is new to me though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(grape)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almeria_(grape)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia_(grape)
Might just be that my grocery store is real local and they do it differently. I try to avoid large chains. But I’ve always understood white and red to be the technical classifiers of grapes, and the actual color you see with your eyes varies.
I’m also from a wine-producing region, so maybe that has something to do with it as well.
The fuck it does
White Wine
Pink balls
We’re talking about grapes?
That’s only because the wine is whitish. Nobody calls the grapes themselves white. And she squeeze the juice out the juice isn’t the same color as the skin. I’ve never heard anyone refer a grapes as white grapes
Or purple grapes red?
(I’m guessing due to the type of wine they make)
when i say “red grapes,” i’m always referring to the ones that are actually red because they have the most satisfying snap when you eat them.
Don’t even get me started on ‘white’ people.
Meanwhile stupid USians subscribe to the literal 19th-century ‘scientific racism’ theory that has ‘Caucasian people’ as something other than deeply tan skin that Caucasian people actually have.
They also don’t look at the last half of the word too closely.
You mean the word ‘Caucasian‘? Sorry, but that’s probably unrelated to ‘Asia’. Folk etymology is fun, but always falls apart in practice.
Half the Caucasus mountains are in asia.
What Caucasus are you on about?
They mean etymologically. Asians are from Asia, not “Asus”.
Grapes don’t make wine, silly. They’re inert.
Source?!
Table grapes have learned from the chameleon.
Nobody tell them about red cabbage
It wanted to be associated with the proletariat not the ruling class.
We’re not white on the Inside, so why should a red onion have to be red all the way through
I’ve found the color in a things name usually points to what color dye you can extract from it.
Because calling them blue onions would be weird.
isn’t that what they call them in germany
No. We call them red too
many more foods are described as blue in southern Germany. Notably, blue onions, blue grapes, and blue cabbage
I grew up in southern Germany and have never heard anyone call those things blue. I’ve heard of Blaukraut from the tongue twister and been told that it’s a different word for Rotkohl but that’s it.
McCarthyism
What does that make yellow onions?
I could tell you, but then I would sound racist
I AM AN ADULT!
Sorry to hear, me too… lets do taxes
It refers to the communism of the onions
Like ogres?
We’re all pink on the inside
I don’t know if this has anything to do with it, but it’s a cool read nonetheless.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71442895/purple-is-fake-research/
Calm down… calm down… Perhaps consider putting the onions aside and trying a nice parsnip.
Purple is just an up jump red aimed at royalty
